At this time, there was not much movement in the two rows of bungalows.

After Chen Renhai and the others returned, there was still a sound in the bungalow, which was tantamount to the people inside chatting about the world -- some asked each other who they were, and after asking, they chatted back and forth; some only complained that today's assessment was too difficult, and they didn't know what difficulties the court would make tomorrow; and some returned to the room from outside the palace, not knowing what they had done. However, everyone was tired after a while, and most of them fell asleep on the kang. People who couldn't sleep, such as Guo Yu, Li Defei, Bai Yang, etc., were meditating and resting.

Long Xiangtian found a seat against the wall and fell asleep, although the voice of the person next to him made him a little uncomfortable, but he was also a little sleepy today, and the sound hindered him for a while, and he fell asleep.

In the courtyard outside the door, Ah Tousi looked at the two people who stopped at the door and said, "What are you looking for me? If it's okay, I'll go into the room and sleep." I also advise the two of you not to have nothing to do here, otherwise it will not end well for me and you. ”

"It really didn't end well with you, the river pirates on the waterway of the Han River. Mo Xibo said.

Ah Tousi said: "I have indeed done the things of the green forest, so what? The emperor said that he didn't ask the sect where the sect was, and you can still control me?"

"I think you heard it wrong, what the emperor said is that there are no bad deeds in the rivers and lakes, and you, a person with bad deeds, still dare to run for the election of the Great Inner People?" Mo Xibo said.

"What do you two want?" said Touji, who was speechless at this point, feeling that the two of them would have to entangle with him before they would give up.

Mo Xizhong said: "I think you have some ability, you can't be elected as the commander, and you need to ensure that my two brothers sit on the position of commander." ”

"It's a big joke, I'm here to take the position of commander, you two will be elected if you have the ability, and if you don't, you will take other positions, or go home—" With that, he walked straight to the door.

Mo Xibo said: "You robbed me of the goods on the Han River, and you dare to talk to me in such a tone?"

Ah Tousi stopped and turned around and said, "I have robbed so many goods on the Han River, and I don't know which way the two of you go?"

"Minnan Tiger Wei Dart Bureau, the coast is progressive, the leader of Suzhou's major ticket numbers, and the goods of Zhang Da's shopkeeper. was accepted by Your Excellency on the Han River, and in addition, my Huwei Dart Bureau broke off its relationship with the business of Zhang Da's shopkeeper. And this dart is escorted by our two brothers, and the shopkeeper of my dart bureau severely punished my two brothers for this matter, will I wait for a break with the cadres today?" Mo Xibo said.

"You deserve to be robbed by me when you take the goods of such unscrupulous merchants. The shopkeeper forcibly bought the people's farmhouses in Suzhou, but the people didn't sell them, so he was ruthless. Many of the people of Suzhou have fled to Lingnan and cannot even afford to take the boat, and if I had not crossed them to the market town of Lingnan and found an errand in Hakka for them, they would have died because of your employer-" Ah Tousi said.

Mo Xizhong said: "What a chivalrous and courageous person, I don't know if the emperor likes to hear the story of you being a river thief." Give you a night to think about it, and if you still do your best tomorrow, my brother will expose you-" Mo Xizhong's eyes widened, and Ah Tousi clenched his fists when he saw his arrogant demeanor, but after glaring at him, he opened the door and sighed when he saw the person sleeping crookedly on the kang. The bed kang was already covered with these people, and there were no empty seats, so Ah Tousi only took out a set of mattresses from the big cupboard and slept on the floor.

Of course he would not give up such an opportunity, if there was no woman who was still waiting for him, he actually wanted to make a living like this on Han Jiang Tingjiang for the rest of his life. It's just that he also knows in his heart that no one will marry such a river thief, but what he wonders is that he has not changed, but why has the woman changed? I don't know why, the woman feels more and more that he is not worthy of himself, and the little things he sent, the woman has lost the love she once had, she only told him that he needs to do something to make a career, so that she can have a good home.

In fact, he is also planning to wash his hands and go to other places to do business, but now the woman said that her mother had promised her a marriage. He said in front of her that he would find a tolerance and give her a home, but her mother was cold and mean to him, saying that all this was wishful thinking. The woman said that she would give him a chance at the end, which coincided with the emperor's re-election of the Great Inner People, and his opportunity was in front of him, how could he give up easily.

Anyone will change, and he is not afraid of change, he is only afraid that she will change because her feelings for him have changed, not because she is upset by the problems in front of them.

There was a gong sound, and it was already the middle of the day.

Everyone got up and went out of the room. Captain Xiao was already waiting in the courtyard and said, "Go to the dressing room with all the fathers-in-law—"

Everyone went out of the courtyard and went to the dressing room under the leadership of the previous group of eunuchs, and after a while, everyone was taken back to the courtyard to gather.

Captain Xiao said: "Everyone, today is the second day of the assessment. Before that, the captain of this school has something to say, yesterday everyone in the Five Elements Secret Room showed their skills, and some of them gave up and went home. Before the start of today's assessment, the captain of this school will tell you that today's assessment will be more complicated and difficult. Let me ask you again, is there anyone who still wants to quit? I think about it for a while, and after going in and having breakfast, if anyone wants to give up, come to me to receive the reward, hand over the waist card, and leave the palace——"

There was a commotion in the cafeteria, and some people really wanted to retreat, but they were still thinking about it yesterday, and today's words from Captain Xiao made them feel that it was pointless to drag it on, and after breakfast, sure enough, a few more people went to find Captain Xiao in the courtyard, and Captain Xiao also sent someone to take them to receive the reward.

Those who know the times are handsome, and the abilities of people in this world have their own levels and depths, and there is no time to force them in life.

At this time, the sun has shone into the red wall of the palace, and the group followed Xiao Xiaowei and the rest of the eunuchs out of the house, walked along the main road, walked for about half an hour, and arrived at a separate garden, which was full of rockery pavilions, pavilions and water pavilions, and everyone entered the garden. I saw that at this moment, Pan Gongcheng was drinking tea in the attic on the rockery, and said, "Captain Xiao, start as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Grandpa Pan—" Lieutenant Xiao said.

Xiao Xiaowei turned his head to the people in the garden: "There are many houses in this garden, and you will conduct the second assessment in this garden, although it is hard, but if you are at a loss, when you are anxious, look at the beautiful scenery outside the window, it is also comfortable." Please choose to enter the house of your choice, we have already calculated, one room for each person. There are three volumes of questions hand-picked by the emperor in each room, and everyone can go in and answer the questionnaire, and write what you think on the paper. An hour later, the lieutenant sent in to collect the papers. ”

After hearing Captain Xiao's words, everyone found a room and went in.

——Someone muttered: "Yesterday I set up an organ, and today I wrote an article?

"Hey, what's going to happen again......"

"It's so unpredictable, but I don't have to be scared in that secret room today. ”

"After the exam today, I'll also take the reward money and go home-"

......

When they were young, everyone entered the rooms, and the doors of each room were locked, and the doors were guarded by the Praetorian guards.

There was no sound in the garden for a moment, and everyone in every room was thinking about how to answer the questionnaire, but some people had already given up and fell asleep on their desks.

In the water pavilion next to the rockery, Pan Gonggong and Xiao Xiaowei were drinking tea.

Pan Gong said fairly: "I didn't expect that there are so many people who have persevered until now, yesterday in the secret room of the five elements, some people couldn't even stand on their feet when they came out, and some were even made to be supported by someone, so that less than 30 people left." ”

"If you have to choose a person, if you have to be elected, the lowest official position is also a guard, and the highest can be the commander, and this commander's official position is bigger than that of the father-in-law. Under such temptation, some people will not give up. Captain Xiao said.

Pan Gonggong smiled: "What Captain Xiao said is extremely true. This time, the emperor wants to recruit heroes and heroes from all over the world, so that the good players in the rivers and lakes and the court can be selected to serve our dynasty. As a great insider, if you are not firm and can't persevere, you may not be able to serve the court. With that, Father-in-law Pan picked up a piece of pastry, bit a corner, and chewed it carefully.

At this time, there was a eunuch in the annex to deliver a message, and said to Pan Gonggong: "The little one please Pan Gonggong and Xiao Xiaowei's An, the emperor has a decree, and after the answer sheet is finished, the answer sheet will be stored and sent to Taixue to be sealed." The emperor is also here to review and review with all the scholars. ”

Father-in-law Pan replied to the order and asked the eunuch to go back and resume his life.

The hour has come. The guards of the room opened the door and went to sort out the papers, and everyone came out.

Pu Mu and Wei Feng were chatting by the pool, and Gu Qian said: "The two of you are talking and laughing like this, I think it's a good answer——"

"Hahaha...... Brother Gu laughed, everyone started to answer the questionnaire for the first time, and who can answer better than anyone......" Pu Mu said.

Wei Feng smiled: "It's strange to say, this volume does not test the way of Confucius and Mencius, nor does it test the policy of governing the country and security, but it tests how we punish officials, how to investigate and deal with important cases, and there are some strange gossip, calculus and inference, which are really varied." ”

"I don't mean to say that now...... When I answered the questionnaire, I looked out the window a few times, it was late autumn, and although the sycamore trees in the courtyard were falling leaves, they were also very beautiful. Pu Mu said.

"It's a pity that I'm in the room on the first floor, otherwise I can see the fallen leaves of the sycamores. "Treacherous Wind.

Many people who have known each other in the past two days are also chatting, and I saw Xiao Xiaowei say: "Everyone be quiet - the volume has been sealed and sent to Taixue, and the emperor will read your volume in person." Lunch will be brought by someone from the Imperial Dining Room from time to time, and after you have finished eating, you will rest in the annex, and I will conduct your assessment in the afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, the captain of this school will say to you again, if there is a withdrawal, after dinner, find the father-in-law at the gate of the annex to explain, hand over the waist card, and receive the reward - "Then follow the father-in-law Pan from the pavilion on the rockery and walk out of the garden."

Ah Tousi sat on the edge of the lotus pond, looking at the mud-covered lotus pond - in this season, the lotus has long been defeated, this lotus pond has been left unattended for a long time, and even this villa is for the re-election of the Ouchi people, and only yesterday someone came to clean the villa and put the room in place. In the palace, there are countless places that have been left out like this, and he knows it. I don't know if anyone has come to the garden to take the lotus root under the mud, the lotus flower gives the splendor to the summer, and in the autumn only the dilapidated remains, and the lotus root below gives the silence to the summer, and in the autumn it is still forgotten, at least this lotus pond is so.

He looked at the lotus pond, and also thought of playing by the pond with the woman who was waiting for him when he was a child, thinking of going to the mountains with her to pick up cicadas and go to the Chinese medicine pharmacy to exchange some money to buy two bowls of wontons at a food stall on the street, and thinking of the scene of fishing with her by the river on an autumn night. Although her mother did not want to see him now, she was not at that time, and her mother was also doing his present business by the river, and would take him in and stay when he had nowhere to go.

It's just that everyone in this world will change, he was deceived by others because he was a peddler, and he became a river thief because he saw that her mother was a river thief, so she became a river thief, and her mother also got money because she was a river thief, so she turned to trade black money, and she was afraid that she would also change, otherwise she would not wait for her one last time, she told him before, there is no last one between them.

A pair of hands rested on Ah Tousi's shoulders, "How are you thinking about it?" Mo Xibo said.

"How can I help you with such a high level of security?" Tousi glanced at the two brothers.

"Yesterday's assessment ranking has been released, and only those who have answered the Five Elements Secret Room have a ranking. If you are within the eight, and if you keep your rank, then there is no doubt that you will be in the inner ranks. My two brothers are also in the selection range, but my two brothers don't want a bandit to be the commander of this big house. Mo Xizhong said.

"And what do you want?" said Tousi viciously.

"Either weigh it yourself, play as you please, and put some water, or let my two brothers report you—" Mo Xibo laughed.

Ah Touji clenched his fists again, and the internal force was raised to his chest. At this time, there was a person between the two, and that person was Long Xiangtian, who was out of trouble in the water-locked room with Ah Tousi. Long Xiangtian said: "The food from the imperial dining room has been delivered, go back to your own room and eat - you are acquaintances?"

"I just met yesterday...... Thank you to Supervisor Long...... You're really high-ranked, third-" Mo Xibo said.

The two brothers accompanied the smiling face and Long Xiangtian, they knew that Long Xiangtian was originally a person in the palace, and they might have some way to come to the assessment, and they were talking to Long Xiangtian when they came back from Captain Xiao last night.

Ah Tousi immediately got up and bumped into the two of them, came to Long Xiangtian's side, and said to Long Xiangtian: "Hahaha...... Brother Long, I didn't talk to you well yesterday, so I'll come to my room for a while. The two dogs kept chasing me and biting me, and they were very upset—"

The two brothers of the Mo family looked at Ah Tousi and said, "You ......"

"Hey, everyone, if there is a Liang Zi after the assessment, it will be counted-" With that, Long Xiangtian patted Ah Tousi on the shoulder and went back to the pavilion with Ah Tousi.

The two of them could only go back to their rooms for lunch.

Everyone had lunch in their respective houses, and at this time, a eunuch from the palace came to pass the word, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor and all the scholars have reviewed your papers, but they still need to be ranked at this moment, please wait after you finish your lunch." The afternoon assessment will take about half an hour to take place, please take care of yourself, you can go out of the palace, you can also take a rest in the garden, as long as the time comes——"

Everyone replied. I saw the eunuch say, "Take down that person—" and said that the forbidden army took out a person from some rooms, and the man was fat, but his voice was a little immature, and said, "Why do you arrest me?"

"Do you dare to ask?" your paper is deviant and satirical about the imperial court—the emperor has decreed that you will be disqualified from running for election and driven out of the palace—" said the eunuch.

The man, "How is my paper deviant?

"You...... You're Wu Liang, right...... How old are you?" the eunuch asked as he walked up to him.

"Yes, I'm Wu Liang, I'm ten years old. "Wu Liang Dao.

The eunuch said: "It looks like a bear, no wonder it is such a brain-you suggested that the emperor first kill all the Zhengyipin officials in the court, and then investigate, and you also promise that there is no wrongful imprisonment?"

"yes—" Wu Liang said.

Some people in the crowd looked at each other, and many people were sighing how could there be someone who said such a thing, but some people thought it was a child, so it was a child's words. Chen Renhai also glanced at this person in the corridor on the second floor, shook his head with a smile, and walked back to the room.

"Bold, you still dare to be so arrogant - fortunately, the emperor thinks that you are naïve, and wants to be just a child, so he sent me and others to confirm it. Okay, since you are a child, the emperor thinks that you are young, and before you are driven out of the palace, there is also your reward money, take it and leave-" Then the eunuch also threw a hundred taels of gold and two hundred taels of silver on the ground.

Wu Liang didn't speak for a while, and shouted: "It's not fair, ah-" After that, he picked up a guard in front of him and threw it directly into the air-

The scene fell directly into a panic, and the forbidden army stabbed him with a gun, only to see that he grabbed these gun heads directly on his armpit, and with a single stroke, the gun heads were cut in two.

"Come on, get rid of this guy—" said the eunuch.

I saw Wu Liang pick up a forbidden army guard again, and threw it into the air, at this time, someone on the first and second floors flashed out, and when he looked at it, he realized that it was Li Defei and Bai Yang. I saw that Bai Yang caught the guard who was thrown into the air, Li Defei turned around and jumped in front of Wu Liang, Wu Liang was just about to pat the eunuch's head, but at this time he was hit by Li Defei's head, and his palm hurt greatly, and he fell to the ground with his hands, and was tied up by the rest of the forbidden army.

Wu Liang was still scolding, because he had also made achievements in cracking the Five Elements Secret Room yesterday, and had helped Wang Yu and Zhao Zicheng a lot, thinking that he could get the position of Ouchi, but he didn't think it would be such a result.

He was really still a child, sitting outside the Xuanwu Gate, rolling around, crying heavily. The guard at the door laughed when he saw it, but he didn't shout that he was going to hit someone, he cried for a while, and then left. As he left, he looked at the palace viciously, and he didn't know how it was a deviant to kill the first-ranking officials of the imperial court who had once harmed his family? These were the words of his mother, who had said that the higher the rank of the Manchu officials, the more unjust they would be. Mother's words were more important to him than the Holy Decree, how could he get this result here.

As soon as this episode passed, the afternoon assessment began. Captain Xiao arrived in the annex and asked everyone to give their names in front of the room, so that they could enter the room.

"Wait outside the room now—" After that, he motioned for the Praetorian guards to send the glass boxes into the room, and some people saw that the glass boxes contained some poisons: some were coiled with snakes, some were crawling with spiders, some were scorpions, some were centipedes, and some were lizards.

Someone sent them to the room, and the objects looked like square boxes, but they didn't.

Captain Xiao said: "This glass box is full of poison, but you don't have to be afraid, all the doctors in the Tai Hospital are waiting outside, if anyone is poisoned, there will be a Tai Yi to treat them immediately——"

Captain Xiao turned his head to look at those rooms and said, "There is a lock in the room, and the short knife is locked, and the poison in the glass box can only be locked for half an hour, and it will break out of the box after half an hour." You can only use the short knife in the lock or kill the poison out of the box with your bare hands, remember, you must not directly use the knife that has not been unlocked, and even take the lock to kill the poison. If you are injured by poison, run out immediately, and there will be a doctor to heal you. Of course, your screams are loud enough that we can hear them. The lieutenant repeats again, if there is a person who withdraws, come and receive the reward and leave the palace-"

As soon as the words fell, some people left the palace, and under the guidance of the eunuchs, they received the reward and left the palace, and some people complained when they left, saying: "If the Tai can't heal me, I will lose my life, and nothing will be useless, so it is better to take the money and leave——"

"Okay, guys, let's go in—"

And they all went into the room. With a sound of a gong, the guard touched the mechanism in the box, and the lock cylinder inside the lock began to start spontaneously, and after half an hour, the lock cylinder would break and the lock would fall off.

Everyone starts unlocking, and unlocking must not bring any equipment. Some people began to panic, only to see that the lock was square, and some square holes were opened, and those square holes clamped the short knife with each other, and some people used a thousand catties of hard qigong to directly break the strip on the square hole of the short knife, but it seemed to be useless, a clever lock.

The poison in the glass box is ready to move, I don't know where the people in the palace found the poison, these things don't seem to be in the palace.

Captain Xiao was waiting outside the door, and Imperial Doctor Liu was beside him. "How did Captain Xiao come up with this method?" said Mrs. Liu.

"How could this method be what I thought of, this was discussed by the emperor and the cabinet ministers, and I am just here to evaluate it. Captain Xiao said.

Doctor Liu said: "Your words just now hurt these heroes a little, what do you mean by 'screaming loud enough', Xiao Zan, when can you speak more comfortably-"

"Liu Hanchen, your duty is to treat injuries, and you and the Tai Hospital don't have to worry about the rest—" Captain Xiao said.

Doctor Liu said: "You ......"

When the two were arguing, the two doors opened one after the other, and there was a small difference, and Pu Mu took out the box before Long Xiangtian.

I saw that Pu Mu's knife nailed it through the glass before the poisonous snake came out of the glass box. Long Xiangtian's box was much the same as Pu Mu's, a knife fell next to the corpse of the scorpion, and the scorpion had been cut in two by his knife.

At this time, the door opened again, and I saw Guo Yu, Bai Yang, and Ah Tousi all carrying the poison that had not yet come out of the cage out of the room.

As soon as half a quarter of an hour arrived, the poisonous snake flew out of the box, Chen Renhai just took out the short knife, he picked up the knife, dodged the poisonous snake pounced, turned his head and nailed it to the desk, the tip of the knife was in the seven inches of the snake, and the snake naturally stopped moving.

A few more people came out before and after, but sure enough, there was a scream in the room, and Imperial Doctor Liu immediately said, "Hurry up...... Let your Praetorian Army go with us, we're afraid of these poisons—"

Captain Xiao said: "Go with the imperial doctors to heal the wounded." ”

There was only one room that had not been opened for a long time, and there was no sound, and when Captain Xiao wanted to send someone to go, the door opened, and the centipede was directly pinched beyond recognition by the person.

Captain Xiao said: "This is your old job, right-"

The man just smiled, and Pu Mu said: "Poison Demon Hand Zhou Xingyu, the five poisons in Youzhou have to walk around when they see you——"

"But you're the last to come out—" Captain Xiao said.

Zhou Xingyu said: "Isn't there still someone bitten by poison? I really can't unlock the lock, but it's okay, it's my job to capture the poison, hahaha......"

When he was young, the people of Tai Hospital left the garden after treating the wounded.

- Zhao Zicheng saw the clue of the lock, and solved it quickly, but the internal force was insufficient, and the knife was not enough to penetrate the glass to kill the poison, and when the knife was rebounded by the glass, it happened that the snake came out of the box and happened to be bitten.

Xiao Xiaowei patted Zhao Zicheng, who had bandaged his left hand, and said, "It's a pity that you ranked first yesterday, but don't be discouraged, you are still within the range of the internal selection-" After that, let people record the order of everyone opening the door before and after, and also recorded the names of the wounded.

At this time, Pan's father-in-law also arrived at the other garden with a few forbidden troops, and said to Ah Tousi: "Take him down-"